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Overturning Wrongful Convictions: Science Serving Justice

Imagine being convicted of a crime you didn't commit and spending years behind bars. Overturning Wrongful Convictions recounts stories of individuals who served someone else's prison time due to mistaken eyewitness identification, police misconduct, faulty forensic science, poor legal representation, courtroom mistakes, and other factors. Readers can examine real accounts of wrongful convictions, and evaluate the legal processes that can lead to errors.

Pandemic

How close are we to having another worldwide health crisis? Pandemic epidemiologists have identified one they believe is likely to happen in the next couple decades: the flu. Learn about factors that contribute to the spread of disease by examining past pandemics and epidemics, including the Bubonic Plague, smallpox Ebola, HIV/AIDS, and Zika. Examine case studies of potential pandemic diseases, like SARS and cholera, and find out how pathogens and antibiotics work. See how human activities such

Pandemic Aftereffects: The Surge in Teen Eating Disorders

The Covid-19 pandemic led to a surge in teen eating disorders. Faced with school shutdowns, isolation, and other stressors, many young people felt a loss of control over their lives. For some, food was the only thing they could control. This book explores eating disorders and exactly why this surge in eating disorders occurred. The text is filled with personal stories of how eating disorders develop, what it is like to struggle with an eating disorder during the pandemic, and what it takes to co

Pandemic Report Card: Successes and Failures

Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have ranged from helpful to harmful. Using personal stories and research studies, this book examines pandemic successes and failures in public health, the economy, and science. The lessons COVID-19 has taught can help Americans prepare for future pandemics, which experts say are inevitable.

Pandemic, Protest, and Politics: A Look Back at 2020

For Americans, 2020 was a year in which hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives in a deadly pandemic. Meanwhile, protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against racial injustice, terrible storms and wildfires swept across the country, and a divisive and caustic campaign for the presidency dominated life. Pandemic, Protest, and Politics: A Look Back at 2020 will examine these issues and their impacts on life in America.

Pangu's Shadow

Rival apprentices at the most prestigious biology lab in the Pangu Star System, Ver and Aryl are working late one night when they find their brilliant but egotistical teacher, Cal, sprawled on the floor, dead. Murdered. And they immediately become the prime suspects. Their motives seem obvious. Ver, who left her home moon to study the life-threatening disease wracking her body, had a hopeless crush on Cal that could've become twisted by jealousy. Aryl, on the other hand, clashed with workaholic

Panic

When aspiring musician Madelaine finds a poetry fragment that helps her finish a song she's writing, she tracks down the author online in hopes of starting a collaboration. But there's more to the situation than she realizes.

Paranormal Seekers

This high-interest series tackles all things supernatural, presenting the history of various otherworldly phenomena and humans' quest to seek and document them. These narratives present the fascinating field of paranormal seekers, profiling influential figures in the field of paranormal studies and reproducing the strongest evidence of the existence of Bigfoot, UFOs, Nessie, and other beloved unearthly beings. Sections also cover these beloved creatures' place in popular culture, and critical th

Patrick Mahomes: New NFL Superstar

In his first few seasons, quarterback Patrick Mahomes has taken the NFL by storm, electrifying fans with no-look passes and an amazing ability to win games. The young superstar has won the league?s Most Valuable Player award and led the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowls. Mahomes is a leader off the field as well, being involved in social justice efforts and charitable causes.

Peaceful Protesters

Some of the most important movements in modern history have relied on nonviolent protest to achieve social change. Now more important than ever, this timely series examines key figures and movements from Thoreau's civil disobedience, which took aim at the Mexican War, to the Freedom Riders, who risked their lives to peacefully challenge segregation. This set traces how each protest rose to prominence and includes and in-depth historical background that contextualizes protestors' actions.